CMU, Alma College softball get wins

YPSILANTI - The CMU softball team evened its Mid-American Conference record at 1-1 Saturday as it beat host Easter Michigan 3-0 via a pair of home runs.

CarolAnn Sexauer opened the scoring in the top of the fourth with a solo shot, her fifth, to give the Chippewas (13-11) a 1-0 lead.

In the seventh Cory DeLamielleure belted her second, a two-run shot, to push the lead to 3-0.

That would prove to be more than enough for starter and winner Chelsea Sundberg (4-3) as she limited the Eagles (10-13-1, 1-1) to no runs on two hits while striking out six and walking none in seven innings of work.

Katelyn Rentschler, Cory DeLamielleure and Sexauer each had two hits apiece for the Chippewas.

CMU returns to action Wednesday when it hosts Detroit from Margo Jonker Stadium. Game one of the doubleheader is scheduled to start at 2 p.m.

Scots sweep Comets OLIVET - The Alma College softball team opened MIAA action Saturday on the right foot as it swept two games from host Olivet College by scores of 10-0 and 8-0.

Both games went only five innings.

The Scots (12-6, 2-0) didnít waste any time Saturday as they scored once in the top of the first inning of game one before adding on seven more runs in the second.

Lea Lusk opened the scoring in the first with an RBI single to right center that plated Amanda Schneider.

In the second Erin Rodes upped the lead to 2-0 via a double down the left field line that plated Cori Witham before Schneider made it 3-0 with a sacrifice fly that scored Rodes.

Lusk pushed Marie Zill in with an infield single before Ali Clark drove in Lusk and Brooke Hein with a two-run single.

An error by the Olivet (7-9, 0-2) left fielder allowed two runs to score later in the frame.

The Scots scored single runs in the fourth and fifth as Witham doubled in Lyndsay Ruckle in the fourth before Allie Jo Nave singled in Rodes in the fifth.

In all the Scots had 13 hits for the game with Lusk, Kayla Smart, Rodes and Zill each finishing with two.

Louise Rezmer (6-2) got the win as she didnít allow a run on two hits while striking out seven in five innings.

Samantha Pierce (4-2) won the nightcap as she didnít allow a run on one hit while striking out three in five frames.

Again the Scots got on the board right away as they scored twice in the bottom of the first before adding four in the third and two more in the fifth.

Clark drove in Lusk and Hein with two-run double in the first while Kassisi Adams scored on an error to make it 3-0 in the third.

Rodes also had a two-run double in the third before scoring herself on a Schneider single.

Sarah Collier added in a RBI single in the fifth.

Rodes went 3-for-3 in the win while Witham and Hein also both had two hits. The Scots play a doubleheader at Calvin College on Tuesday. Game one is slated to start at 3:30 p.m.